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THE CENTER FOR ETHICS EDUCATION CELIA B. FISHER, PH.D., DIRECTOR

Doing  Good  Well:  The  Ethical  Conduct  of  Clinical  Psychology  

Celia  B.  Fisher,  Ph.D.  Marie  Ward  Doty  University  Chair  &  Professor  of  Psychology  Director,  Center  for  Ethics  Educa<on  Director,  HIV  &  Drug  Abuse  Preven<on  Research  Ethics  Training  Ins<tute  [email protected]    www.fordham.edu/ethics  

THE CENTER FOR ETHICS EDUCATION CELIA B. FISHER, PH.D., DIRECTOR

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Disclosures  

I  have  no  conflicts  of  interest  to  disclose  and  have  not  received  any  funding  from  any  commercial  en66es  that  may  be  men6oned  or  discussed  in  this  presenta6on.    

All  informa6on  and  opinions  shared  are  those  of  the  presenter  only.  

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Major  Topics  

•  Applying  the  APA  Ethics  Code  to  everyday  clinical  prac<ce  

•  Informed  consent  for  diverse  treatment  modali<es  and  popula<ons  

•  Client  sensi<ve  confiden<ality  and  disclosure  policies  

•  Avoiding  harm  and  maintaining  boundaries  

•  Respec<ng  Client  Diversity  3

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Applying  the  APA  Ethics  Code  APA  2010  

 Aspira<onal  Principles    

•  Beneficence/Nonmaleficence  •  Fidelity/Responsibility  •  Integrity  •  Jus<ce  •  Respect  

 

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Applying  the  APA  Ethics  Code  

Enforceable  Standards    

•  6  General/4  Area  Specific  •  Behavioral  Rules  provided  Due  No<ce  •  Use  of  modifiers:    “Feasible”  “Reasonable”  •  APA  specialty  guidelines  

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INFORMED  CONSENT   •  Informed  consent  basics  

 

•  Health  literacy  and  medical  mistrust  

•  Suicidal  pa<ents    

•  Children/adolescents  

•  Family/couples  therapy  

•  Group  therapy  

•  Internet  policies  

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Informed  Consent:    Building  the  TherapeuKc  Alliance  

Standards  3.05,  10.01  

•  Client-­‐centered  language  

•  Opportunity  to  ask  ques<ons  and  receive  answers  

•  Limits  of  confiden<ality:  What  will  be  shared  with  insurers  

•  Risks  and  alterna<ves  for  new  or  emerging  treatments  

•  As  early  as  feasible  

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Need  to  Know  

HIPAA  No<ce  of  Privacy  Prac<ces  must  be  a  separate  document  

 

Ins<tu<onal  consent  by  intake  staff  does  not  subs<tute  for  therapist  informed  consent    

 

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Nature  and  AnKcipated  Course  of  Therapy    

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•  Dura<on  of  sessions  

•  Treatment  modality  

•  Number  of  sessions  given  current  knowledge  of  presen<ng  problem  

•  Re-­‐consent  when  ini<al  goals  are  met  or  modified  based  on  revised  diagnosis  

•  Do  not  assume  client  is  familiar  with  psychotherapy!    

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Fees  Standard  6.04;  4:04  

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•  Session  costs  and  annual  fee  increases  

•  Payment  schedule  and  type  of  payment  accepted  

•  Health  care  plan:  Limita<ons  on  sessions  

•  Missed  appointments    

•  Late  payment,  collec<on  agencies    

 “minimum  necessary”  Standard  4.04      Inclusion  in  No<ce  of  Privacy  Prac<ces  

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Need  to  Know:    When  Insurers  Refuse  Extended  Coverage  

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Did  you  take  reasonable  steps  to:    

•  Learn  about  and  communicate  to  client  about  an<cipated  number  of  covered  sessions  at  outset?  

•  Communicate  with  insurer  when  need  for  con<nuing  treatment  became  apparent?  

•  Be  prepared  to  handle  client’s  response  to  termina<on  of  coverage?  

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Health  Literacy  &  Medical  Mistrust  

WHO    

•  Recently  immigrated  

•  Non-­‐English  language  communi<es  

•  Lack  of  health  literacy  opportuni<es  

•  Those  experiencing  health  care  dispari<es      

CONSENT  CHALLENGE    

•  Medical  Mistrust  

•  Lack  of  familiarity  with  treatment  goals,  procedures  and  terminology  

 

•  Lack  of  familiarity  with  terms  and  concepts  of  voluntary  choice  and  other  client  rights  

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Health  Literacy  &  Medical  Mistrust  

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INFORMED  CONSENT  ETHICAL  PRACTICE    •  Include  educa<onal  components  during  informed  consent  

•  Be  aware  that  language  preferences  do  not  always  indicate  language  proficiency  

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Use  of  Interpreters    Standard  2.05  

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Select  trained  interpreters  and  Ini<ate  pre-­‐and  post  session  training  to  ensure  that  the  interpreter  has  competencies  to:  •  Interpret  consent  relevant  concepts    

•  Cultural  meanings  not  just  word  for  word  transla<ons  

•  Iden<fy  when  clients  are  confused  or  concerned  about  consent  relevant  informa<on  

•  Facilitate  client-­‐psychologist  discussion  of  ques<ons  

•  Refrain  from  reframing  informa<on  in  a  misguided  but  well-­‐inten<oned  desire  to  avoid  culture  embarrassment    

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Informed  Consent  with  Suicidal  Clients  Rudd,  Joiner  et  al  (2009)  

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Frank  discussion  about  suicide  risk  during  informed  consent:    

•  Assists  clients  (&  families)  in  understanding  suicide  risk  during  treatment  

•  Establishes  prac<<oner/client/family  shared  responsibility  to  reduce  its  likelihood  

•  Helps  clarify  importance  of  treatment  compliance  &  crises  management  

•  Provides  opportunity  to  emphasize  need  for  effec<ve  self-­‐management  during  out-­‐pa<ent  care  

•  Helps  psychologist  iden<fy  &  target  skill  deficits  that  limit  client  willingness/ability  to  access  emergency  services  

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Child/Adolescent  Therapy  

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•  State  laws  regarding  guardian  permission/waiver    

•  HIPAA  rules  on  “personal  representa<ve”  

•  Developmental  data  on  children’s  understanding  of  therapy,  mental  health  disorders,  and  treatment  rights  (Standard  2.04)  

•  Scien<fic  and  clinical  knowledge  on  rela<onship  between  diagnoses  and  cogni<ve  and  emo<onal  capacity  to  consent  (Standard  2.04)  

•  Individual  evalua<on  of  client’s  apprecia<on  of  mental  health  needs  and  history  of  health  care  decision-­‐making    

•  NEVER  ASK  A  CHILD  TO  CONSENT  IF  THEIR  REFUSAL  WILL  NOT  BE  RESPECTED  

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Family  and  Couples  Therapy  Standard  10.02  

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•  Which  individuals  are  clients  

•  Individual/conjoint  sessions  

•  Correct  misimpressions  in  expecta<ons  on  treatment  goals  

•  Secret  sharing  policies  

•  State  laws  governing  privilege  in  case  of  child  custody,  divorce  or  other  legal  proceedings  

•  Mandated  repor<ng  requirements  

•  Be  aware  of  signs  of  child  abuse,  elder  abuse,  and  IPV    (see  relevant  APA  Guidelines  in  references)  

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Group  Therapy    Standard  10.03  

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•  Group  member  responsibility:  Turn  taking,  prohibi<ons  against  socializing  outside  sessions  

•  Confiden<ality:  Therapist  and  member  obliga<ons  

•  Clients  responsibili<es  in  acceptance  of  diverse  opinions,  abusive  language,  coercive  or  aggressive  behaviors,  member  scapegoa<ng  

•  Termina<on  policies  and  voluntary  withdrawal  

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Concurrent  Single/Group  Therapy  Brabender  &  Fallon,  2009  

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•  Why  clinically  indicated  (Standard  3.05,  3.06,  3.08)  

•  Voluntary  or  required  at  outset  of  treatment  

•  Concerns  about  cost  and  <me  

•  Differences  in  exclusivity  of  therapist’s  aien<on  vs  aien<on  to  group  dynamics  

•  Confiden<ality  across  modali<es    

 

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Informed  Consent:  Electronic  CommunicaKon  Policy  

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•  INTERNET  SEARCH  POLICY:  For  emergency  contact,  corroborate  client  clinically  relevant  statements  

•  SOCIAL  MEDIA  POLICY:  Friending,  fanning;  following  twiier  or  blog  posts;  cancelling  uninten<onal  online  rela<onship  

•  EMAIL/TEXTING  POLICIES:  Billing,  appointments,  administra<ve—policy  on  responding  to  clinical  ques<ons  

•  PROFESSIONAL  WEBSITE  POLICY:  be  mindful  of  client  access  to  personal  informa<on  on  Internet  

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E-­‐Therapy  

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•  Cyber  security  a  2-­‐way  street    

•  Limits  of  insurance  coverage-­‐-­‐Submiied  claims  must  clearly  iden<fy  services  as  electronic  with  specific  IDs  

•  Ini<al  and  con<nuing  verifica<on  of  iden<ty,  age,  state,  contact  informa<on,  support  contacts  

•  Know  state  laws  on  e-­‐therapy  involving  minors  

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CONFIDENTIALITY   •  General  requirements  

 

•  Responding  to  client  request  for  disclosure  

•   Implica<ons  of  HIPAA    

•  Disclosure  policies:  Harm  to  self  or  others  

•  Involvement  of  parents  in  child/adolescent  treatment  

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ConfidenKality:  General  Requirements    Standards  4.01,  4.02  

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•  Password  protect  all  records  

•  Ins<tu<onal  Cyber  security  

•  Keep  progress  notes  separate  from  Protected  Health  Informa<on  (PHI:  HIPAA)  

•  When  electronically  transmiong  PHI  encrypt  when  appropriate  and  ensure  receiver  is  HIPAA  compliant  

•  Avoid  when  possible  and  develop  confiden<ality  protec<on  procedures  for  telephone  or  other  electronic  messages  

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Need  to  Know:  Under  HIPAA  

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Insurers  do  not  have  access  to  psychotherapy  notes      

Insurers  should  not  be  given  access  to  names  of  clients  not  covered  by  insurer  

 

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Client  Request  for  Disclosure    of  ConfidenKal  InformaKon    

Standard  4.05  &  HIPAA  

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Obtain  signed  HIPAA  authoriza<on  specifying:  •  Recipient  

•  Time  limita<ons    

•  Nature  of  informa<on  disclosed  

Psychologists  may  decline  request  if:  •  They  believe  it  will  cause  harm  client,  but…  

•  HIPAA  defines  harm  as  physical  endangerment  or  life-­‐threatening  AND  permits  appeal  by  licensed  health  professional  

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Need  to  Know  

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•  Clients  do  not  have  access  to  psychotherapy/process  notes  as  long  as  they  are  filed  separately  from  PHI  

•  When  working  for  or  receiving  informa<on  from  an  ins<tu<on  or  aiorney  confirm  appropriate  consent/authoriza<on  

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Disclosures  w/out  Client  Consent:    Duty  to  Protect  

Standard  4.05b  

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•  Special  Rela<onship  

•  Established  scien<fic  or  clinical  basis  for  predic<ng  violence  and  immediacy  of  threat;    

•  Iden<fiable  vic<m*  

•  *Some  courts  have  broadened  requirement  to  iden<fiable  popula<on  of  vic<ms  

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Disclosures:  Suicidal  Intent  Jobes,  Rudd,  Overholser  &  Joiner,  2008  

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COMPETENCIES    

•  Training  to  recognize,  manage  and  treat  suicidality  

•  Prior  iden<fica<on  of  social  support  and  community  resources  

•  Knowledge  of  legal  principles  and  ins<tu<onal  policies  regarding  voluntary  or  involuntary  commitment  

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PROCEDURES  

•  Evaluate  level  of  risk  

•  Draw  on  consulta<ve  rela<onships  with  other  professionals    

•  Evaluate  client’s  support  systems  and  ability  to  access  emergency  services  

•  Involve  client  to  the  extent  possible  in  disclosure  procedure  

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Disclosure:  Nonsuicidal  Self-­‐Injury  Andover  et  al.,  2010;  Lieberman  et  al.,  2008;  Nock  e  al.,  2006;  Walsh,  2008  

 

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•  Dis<nguish  NSSI  from  suicidal  behavior  (e.g.  cuong  on  extremi<es)  

•  Recognize  NSSI  and  suicidality  can  co-­‐occur  

•  Be  familiar  with  gender  differences  in  age  of  onset,  degree  of  medical  injury  and  NSSI  methods  

•  Be  able  to  dis<nguish  peer  (body  piercing)  vs.  pathology  related  self-­‐injury  (face,  eyes,  genitals)  

•  Recognize  when  NSSI  requires  medical  aien<on  and  know  in  advance  local  emergency  services  

•  When  disclosing  self-­‐injury  to  parents,  help  dis<nguish  NSSI  from  suicidality  as  well  as  possibility  of  future  suicidal  behaviors  

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ConfidenKality  &  Disclosure  in  Child/Adolescent  Treatment  

 

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1.  The  Consent  Conference      

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•  Establish  a  trus<ng  rela<onship  with  child  and  parent(s)  

•  Describe  ethical  and  legal  responsibili<es  

•  Discuss  developmentally  appropriate  confiden<ality  and  informa<on  sharing  

•  Obtain  feedback    

•  Establish  confiden<ality  policy  consistent  with  professional  standards,  child’s  clinical  needs  and  cultural  and  familial  context    

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2.  Parental  Requests  for  InformaKon  

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•  Empathic  and  respecrul  listening—assume  genuine  parental  concern  

•  Avoid  turning  request  into  power  struggle  

•  Guard  against  taking  on  parental  counseling  role  

•  Help  parents  reframe  confiden<ality:  Child’s  developing  autonomy;  Maintaining  therapeu<c  trust  

•  Consider  clinically  appropriate  child/parent  sharing  processes  

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3.  Determine  if  Disclosure  May  be  Warranted  

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•  Confirm  child  is  actually  engaging  in  risk  behavior    

•  Is  incident  isolated?  A  con<nuing  paiern?  Escala<ng?  

•  Assess  child’s  ability  to  terminate  risk  behaviors  

•  Conduct  appropriate  risk  reduc<on  interven<ons;  monitor  behavior  

•  Weigh  therapeu<c,  social,  health,  and  legal  consequences  

•  An<cipate  parents’  response  to  disclosure  

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•  Evaluate  willingness  of  child  to  disclose  to  parents    

•  Avoid  entering  into  a  clinically  contraindicated  “secrecy  pact”  

•  Be  wary  of  assump<ons  regarding  client’s  desire  for  confiden<ality  

•  Prepare  client  for  disclosure—respond  to  feelings,  but  do  not  avoid  focus  on  disclosure  process  

 

•  Go  over  steps  to  be  taken  

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•  Involve  child  as  much  as  possible  

•  Frame  within  the  context  of  ongoing  treatment  

•  Focus  on  posi<ve  ac<ons  child  and  parent  can  take  

•  Provide  appropriate  referrals    

•  Schedule  follow-­‐up  mee<ngs  with  parents  and  client  to  monitor  reac<ons  and  provide  addi<onal  guidance  

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HUMAN  RELATIONS   •  Setting boundaries

•  Nonsexual physical contact with clients

•  Referrals from clients

•  Avoiding Harm: Exposure & Aversion therapies

•  Avoiding Harm: Psychotherapy

•  Terminating Therapy

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Sefng  Appropriate  Boundaries  Standards  3.05,  3.06,  3.08  

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Boundaries  protect  against  a  blurring  of  personal  and  professional  domains  that  could:    

•  Impair  the  psychologist’s  objec<vity,  competence,  or  effec<veness  to  deliver  services  

•  Jeopardize  clients’  confidence  that  psychologists  will  act  in  their  best  interests.    

•  Risks  client  exploita<on  or  harm  

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•  Is  physical  contact  consistent  with  treatment  goals?  

•  Will  contact  strengthen  or  jeopardize  future  treatment  

•  How  will  client  perceive  contact?  

•  Does  contact  serve  needs  of  psychologist?  

•  Is  contact  a  subs<tute  for  more  professionally  appropriate  behavior?  

•  Is  contact  part  of  a  con<nuing  paiern  of  behavior  that  may  reflect  psychologist’s  personal  problems  or  conflicts?  

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Referrals  from  Clients  Standard  3.05;  Shapiro  &  Ginsberg,  2003  

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EVALUATE  

•  Does  client’s  mental  health  or  mo<ve  to  refer  suggest  acceptance  would  be  clinically  contraindicated?  

 

•  Is  a  former  referring  client  likely  to  need  the  psychologist’s  services  in  the  future?  

•  Can  referral  impair  the  psychologist’s  objec<vity?  Treatment  effec<veness?  

•  Does  the  psychologist’s  current  financial  situa<on  risk  client  exploita<on?  

•  Has  psychologist  explicitly  or  implicitly  encouraged  referrals?  

 

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PRECAUTIONS  

•  Consider  including  a  non-­‐referral  policy  during  informed  consent  

•  Provide  professional  referral  in  case  of  emergency    

UNAVOIDABLE  MULTIPLE  RELATIONSHIPS:  REFERRALS  IN  UNDER-­‐SERVED  POPULATIONS  •  Consult  with  colleagues  to  ensure  objec<vity  

•  Take  extra  steps  to  protect  confiden<ality  

•  Engage  clients  in  discussion  of  ethical  challenges  and  steps  psychologist  will  take  to  mi<gate  risk  

•  Encourage  clients  to  alert  psychologist  to  instances  that  might  jeopardize  his/her  effec<veness  

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Avoiding  Harm:  Exposure  &  Aversion  Therapies  

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•  Is  there  evidence  of  treatment  effec<veness  for  individuals  similar  to  client  in  diagnosis,  age,  physical  health,  gender,  culture?  

•  Have  empirically/clinically  validated  alterna<ve  treatments  been  considered?  

•  Has  the  nature  of  the  treatment  and  an<cipated  emo<onal/physical  responses  been  adequately  explained  during  ini<al  informed  consent  and  at  the  beginning  of  each  subsequent  treatment?  

•  Is  there  a  well-­‐developed  monitoring  plan  to:  Minimize  anxiety,    avoid  precipitous  termina<on  or  ineffec<ve  con<nua<on  of  treatment?  

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Can  Behavioral  and  CogniKve  Therapy    Cause  Harm?  

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•  Treatments  powerful  enough  to  change  cogni<on  and  behavior  have  the  poten<al  for  iatrogenic  effects  

•  Fluctua<on  of  nega<ve  symptoms  and  mental  health  needs  are  a  natural  course  of  evidence-­‐based  therapy  

•  Harmful  psychotherapies  produce  outcomes  worse  than  what  would  have  occurred  without  treatment  (Dimidjian  &  Hollon,  2010)  

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Avoiding  Psychotherapy  Harms    Barlow,  2010;  Beutler  et  al,  2006;  Castonguay  et  al,  2010;  Lilienfeld,  2007  

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•  Obtain  training  in  flexible  use  of  interven<ons    

•  Avoid  premature  clinical  interpreta<ons  and  over/under  diagnosis  

•  Determine  whether  client  characteris<cs  and  treatment  seong  match  those  reported  for  specific  EBP  

•  Monitor  change  sugges<ng  deteriora<on  or  lack  of  improvement  

•  Con<nuously  evaluate  what  works  or  interferes  with  posi<ve  change  

•  Aiend  to  and  use  client  disclosures  of  frustra<on  with  treatment  to  evaluate  and  modify  diagnosis,  adjust  treatment,  and  strengthen  therapeu<c  alliance  

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TerminaKng  Therapy    Standard  10.10  

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WHEN  •  Client  pa<ent  no  longer  needs  service,  not  likely  to  benefit,  

or  is  being  harmed  

•  Psychologist  is  threatened  or  endangered  by  client  or  person  w/  whom  the  client  has  a  rela<onship  

HOW  •  Conduct  pre-­‐termina<on  counseling  and  suggest  alterna<ve  

services  

•  Avoid  persistence  in  contac<ng  client  who  abruptly  drops  out  of  treatment  

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What  is  Abandonment?  

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When  client  in  imminent  need  of  treatment  is  harmed  by  termina<on  of  services  in  the  

absence  of  a  clinically  and  ethically  appropriate  process  (Younggren  et  al,  2011).  

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•  Develop  termina<on  plan  at  outset  of  treatment  and  discuss  during  IC  along  with  nature  and  an<cipated  course  of  therapy  

•  Develop  well  conceptualized  ra<onale  for  termina<on  based  on  clinical,  rela<onal,  and  situa<onal  factors    

•  Consult  with  client  as  early  as  feasible  

•  Construct  termina<on  <meline  and  be  responsive  to  client  reac<on  

•  Provide  appropriate  referrals  if  appropriate  

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•  Avoid  unnecessary  follow-­‐up  

•  Create  record  document  key  components  of  termina<on  ra<onale  and  process  

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Ethical  Competence  with  Diverse  PopulaKons  

•  Ethical pluralism

•  Goodness-of-Fit Ethics

•  Diagnostic pluralism

•  Religion & spirituality in therapy

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Competence  

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Competence  is  the  lynchpin  of  the  discipline  enabling  psychologists  to  fulfill  all  other  ethical  

obliga<ons.  

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Competence  &  Ethical  Pluralism    Standard  2.01b  

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•  Psychologists  draw  on  established  scien<fic  and  professional  knowledge  

•  To  appropriately  iden<fy  factors  associated  with  age,  gender,  gender  iden<ty,  race,  ethnicity,  culture,  na<onal  origin,    religion,  sexual  orienta<on,  disability,  language,  or  socioeconomic  status    

•  Essen<al  for  effec<ve  services  

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Goodness-­‐of-­‐Fit  Ethics  Fisher,  2003;  2013;  2014;  Fisher  &  Ragsdale,  2006;  Masty  &  Fisher,  2008  

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•  What  life  circumstances  render  client  more  suscep<ble  to  the  benefits  or  risks  of  the  intended  psychological  assessment  or  treatment?    

•  Are  there  aspects  of  the  treatment  or  seong  that  are  “misfiied”  to  client  competencies,  values,  fears  and  hopes?    

•  Does  client  have  different  concep<ons  of  treatment  goals?    

•  How  can  psychologist  engage  client  in  mutually  respecrul  dialogue  to  illuminate  the  lens  through  which  each  view  the  psychologist’s  work?  

•  How  can  psychologists  draw  on  such  dialogue  to  best  harmonize  their  procedures  to  reflect  the  values  and  merit  the  trust  of  those  they  serve?  

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DiagnosKc  Pluralism  Korchin  (1980,  p.  264)    

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“Pathology  can  be  said  to  exist  if  a  person:      

•  Lacks  voluntary  control,  ego  strength,  flexibility,  and  adaptability  

•  Has  only  a  weak  sense  of  personal  iden<ty  

•  Feels  driven  by  powerful  and  painful  impulses  and  nega<ve  affects  

•  At  the  extreme,  reveals  disturbances  of  basic  psychological  func<ons  (percep<on,  learning,  memory)…”  

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•  Have  EBP  or  DSM  criteria  has  been  validated  on  client  popula<on?  

•  Have  compara<ve  or  deficit  approaches  led  to  inappropriate  or  overuse  of  certain  diagnoses?  

•  Are  posi<ve  mental  health  criteria  based  on  majority  group  aotudes  or  behaviors?  

•  Can  I  recognize  the  meaning  func<on  of  par<cular  behaviors/symptoms  within  the  client’s  par<cular  cultural  context?  

•  How  does  the  meaning  of  mental  illness  in  the  client’s  life  affect  his/her  mo<va<on  and  perseverance  to  sustain  treatment?  

 

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PopulaKon  SensiKvity  vs.  Stereotype  

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•  Grouping  clients  into  social  categories  that  may  not  reflect  how  they  see  themselves  

•  Over-­‐  or  under-­‐es<ma<ng  the  role  of  cultural,  gender,  and  other  characteris<cs  on  the  presen<ng  problem?  

•  Failing  to  recognize  the  fluid,  evolving  and  mul<faceted  nature  of  iden<ty  

•  Precipitously  separa<ng  medical  condi<ons  from  psychosocial  and  physiological  and  cumula<ve  effects  of  discrimina<on  

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•  Understand  how  religion  presents  itself  in  mental  health  and  psychopathology    

•  Be  able  to  iden<fy  when  a  mental  health  problem  is  related  to  religious  beliefs  

•  Do  not  confuse  religious  values  with  mental  health  problems  

•  Become  familiar  with  techniques  to  assess  and  treat  clinically  relevant  religious/spiritual  beliefs  and  emo<onal  reac<ons    

•  Obtain  knowledge  of  EBP  on  the  use  of  religious  imagery,  prayer,  or  other  religious  techniques  

•  Be  familiar  with  appropriate  role  of  tradi<onal  medicines,  clergy  and  cultural  healers  as  conjunc<ve  services  

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•  Shared  faith  beliefs  do  not  equal  competence  to  provide  religion  sensi<ve  psychotherapy  

•  When  appropriate  discuss  your  approach  to  the  role  of  religion  in  treatment  during  informed  consent  

•  Be  aware  of  personal  religious  bias  that  may  interfere  with  your  objec<vity  

•  Know  boundaries  between  discussing  treatment  relevant  responses  to  religious  doctrine  vs.  religious  counseling  or  imposing  religious  values    

 

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Religion  and  Therapy  with  LGBTQ  Clients  Magaldi-­‐Dopman  &  Park-­‐Taylor,  2010;  Maihews  et  al.,  2012;  Sherry,  2010  

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Obtain  training  in  therapeuKc  techniques  to  effecKvely  address:  •  Religious  beliefs  that  may  lead  to  higher  levels  of  shame,  guilt,  and  

internalized  homophobia  

•  Emo<ons  associated  with  loss,  grief,  anger,  reconcilia<on,  or  change  in    religious  or  spiritual  iden<ty  

•  Skills  clients  may  need  to  separate  spirituality  from  religion  and  to  explore  diversity  of  opinion  within  their  faith  community  

•  The  liabili<es  and  benefits  of  coming  out  to  family  members  and  others  who  endorse  LGBTQ  religious  biases  

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NEED  TO  KNOW:  RELIGION  AND  THERAPY  WITH  LGBTQ  CLIENTS  

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•  Rejec<on  by  one’s  religious  ins<tu<on  does  not  mean  LGBTQ  clients  are  not  deeply  religious,  spiritual  or  seeking  to  be!  

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Doing  Good  Well  

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•  Psychologists  are  not  technocrats  working  their  way  through  a  maze  of  ethical  rules  

•  The  APA  Code  provides  aspira<ons  and  general  rules  of  conduct  that  must  be  interpreted  and  applied  to  the  unique  roles  and  rela<onships  of  clinical  prac<ce  

•  Good  and  justly  implemented  professional  prac<ce  relies  on  a  concep<on  of  psychologists  as  ac<ve  moral  agents  commiied  to  doing  what  is  right  because  it  is  right.    

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QuesKons/further  discussion  

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References  

•  Fisher,  C.  B.  (2013).  Decoding  the  ethics  code:  A  prac6cal  guide  for  psychologists.  Thousand  Oaks,  CA:  Sage  Publica<ons.  

•  American  Psychological  Associa<on  (2010).  Ethical  principles  of  psychologists  and  code  of  conduct.  hBp://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx  

•  APA  (1994).  Guidelines  for  child  custody  evalua<ons  in  divorce  proceedings.  American  Psychologist,  49,  677-­‐680.  

•  APA  (1999).  Guidelines  for  psychological  evalua<ons  in  child  protec<on  maiers.  American  Psychologist,  54,  586-­‐93  

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